Just got a new job

[Dave]

I think it takes about 4000 hours before you get a Joruney card but you will still be able to do the work as long as he is on site. I can tell you one thing a year into the job your expectations on your own home will go through the roof. My system in my home will likely cost 1/2 my homes value. Driven is a great movie BTW

Tyler

Yeah, I remember when we were in Mexico - driving past shacks with holes in the walls, but they had Color Satellite TV.

[europeanplates]

Thanks, Tyler. Today was my first day, I didn't really do a whole lot except for tag along with one of the journeymen, Brett. Really cool guy, he just spent the day explaining to me a lot of what he was doing, we were working on motion sensors and touch pads in a $1.7mil house in Eagle Crest. I won't actually be able to do any work with low voltage until I've been through the apprenticeship, but I can assist the journeymen, and what I'll probably be doing in the meantime is mostly audio and video.

I think it takes about 4000 hours before you get a Joruney card but you will still be able to do the work as long as he is on site. I can tell you one thing a year into the job your expectations on your own home will go through the roof. My system in my home will likely cost 1/2 my homes value. Driven is a great movie BTW

Tyler

[mtechnik]

Journeymen sounds funny. First time i've heard that one.

[Jand3rson]

Josh great job opp.. I have been in the industry for 13 years. (I don't just sell plates) Premier has a good rep and good brands, I have worked with them on one job in Redmond. Make sure they keep you on top of training and as Luke said Cedia is a good start for certs and knowledge. Let me know if I can help out in anyway.

Tyler

Thanks, Tyler. Today was my first day, I didn't really do a whole lot except for tag along with one of the journeymen, Brett. Really cool guy, he just spent the day explaining to me a lot of what he was doing, we were working on motion sensors and touch pads in a $1.7mil house in Eagle Crest. I won't actually be able to do any work with low voltage until I've been through the apprenticeship, but I can assist the journeymen, and what I'll probably be doing in the meantime is mostly audio and video.

[europeanplates]

Josh great job opp.. I have been in the industry for 13 years. (I don't just sell plates) Premier has a good rep and good brands, I have worked with them on one job in Redmond. Make sure they keep you on top of training and as Luke said Cedia is a good start for certs and knowledge. Let me know if I can help out in anyway.

Tyler

[mtechnik]

Good humor Eurospeed.

Wish you all the best with your new career choice and you'll be making lots more than the tatoo parlour guy.

[Jand3rson]

sounds like fun, and much better than structural beams falling on you.

That's for damn sure. I'll just electrocute myself. :D

[browntown]

sounds like fun, and much better than structural beams falling on you.

[e30sd]

friend's custom audio company (good money, cool toys)

http://www.audioimpact.net/

[Jand3rson]

ah. well good work on this new shit, i wanted to do that sorta stuff before i got into what i do now.

Yeah, I've always wanted to learn electronics, wiring, audio, all that kind of stuff, but never really had the opportunity. I think this is going to be a great path for me to follow.

[Streetspec_iS]

ah. well good work on this new shit, i wanted to do that sorta stuff before i got into what i do now.

[Jand3rson]

whatever happened to tattooing?

Basically, the guy I was supposed to study under strung me a long for 4 months about the apprenticeship and ended up just fucking me over. I started working at his shop part-time as basically the shop bitch. You guys have all seen Miami Ink, you know that asian guy that's doing his apprenticeship, all the bitch work he does? That's what I was doing. But you've got to start somewhere. Well, he was going to have to get certified as a teaching school in order to begin training me. So I did all the research for him through the state, got all the info he needed, and he basically just kept shining it on and shining it on. I would remind him all the time, and he was alwas like "yeah, I need to call them and find about about this..." or "I need to talk to this guy that called me from the state...". Finally after about 3-4 months, he fired me after giving me this lecture about how when he tells me he wants something done, he expects it done right the first time. It came about because one time, I left the deadbolt going from the inside door of the shop to an outside room, that goes outside unbolted. And then a few weeks later, he'd asked me to before I left for the night, clean up a pile of wood shavings from behind his drawing table from when a guy came and installed an air conditioner, and I just plain forgot. Ever since then, I've never heard from him again.

[Streetspec_iS]

whatever happened to tattooing?

[Jand3rson]

was this company out of camas/washougal washington? did they close that and move up to the seattle area? if so i got a buddy that worked for them for awhile. ill call him and see why he quit working for them. he might be able to offer some insight on the company, stuff you might want to know before you get in deep.

on another note, this is a field i always wanted to get into also. i read some of the magazines that showcase this stuff, and am always amazed at some of the concepts. good job!

Nope, I'm pretty sure they started up here in Bend.

[smonkbmw]

was this company out of camas/washougal washington? did they close that and move up to the seattle area? if so i got a buddy that worked for them for awhile. ill call him and see why he quit working for them. he might be able to offer some insight on the company, stuff you might want to know before you get in deep.

on another note, this is a field i always wanted to get into also. i read some of the magazines that showcase this stuff, and am always amazed at some of the concepts. good job!